News Release

For Immediate Release                 Contact:  Irene G. Warren, Director of Development

September 30, 2004                                   (937) 374-5600 or 1-866-858-3588

No Cost Mammograms, Breast Exams, Pap Smears

and Prostate Cancer Screenings offered

 at the October 16th Greene County Wellness Day

(Xenia, OH) The Greene County Combined Health District’s (GCCHD) Wellness Day is scheduled for Saturday, October 16^th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Health District office, 360 Wilson Drive, Xenia, Ohio.

No cost mammograms, breast exams and pap smears and a complimentary Women’s Wellness gift pack are available for women who meet the following guidelines: age 40 and over for pap smears, and mammograms; no insurance or none that covers these tests; and lower income.

No cost Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test is available for African American men 40 years and older and all men 50 years and older.

Appointments are necessary. Call 1-866-838-8973 to see if you are eligible.

The Greene County Wellness Day is co-sponsored by the Greene County Combined Health District and the Cancer Prevention Institute/The Ohio Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Project.

For additional information regarding the Greene County Wellness Day, contact, Greene County Combined Health District, Sara Pappa, Director, Health Education, (937) 374-5600 or 1-866-858-3588.

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